Seed-planter.



UNITED STATESy PATENT EEICE.

ELIJAH E. ISRAEL, oE WICHITA, KANSAS, ASSIGNoR or oNE-I-IALE To R. o. ISRAEL AND GEORGE W. ISRAEL, oE WICHITA, KANSAS.

SEED-PLANTER.

SyECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,569, dated June 3, 1902.

Application tiled April 23,1900. Serial No. 14,034.' (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Beit known that I, ELIJAH F.1SRAEL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VSeed-Planters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, and the figures of reference thereon, forming a part of this specication, in which- Figurel is a top plan of my improved seedplanter. Fig. 2 is a side view of the Same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the adjustable plow and furrow-opener or blade. Fig. 4 isa detail perspective view of the adjusting portion of the planter-frame. Fig. 5 is a perspective View'of the hinge to which is secured the frame 3a.

This invention relates to certain improvements in seed-planters; and it consists in the construction of the same; and the object of my invention is to produce a seed-planter adapted to plant seeds when twisted in a long strip of narrow paper, as covered by Patent:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a laterally-adjustable frame secured together at 1a and 1B. 2 represents a yielding frame which is divided at 3 and has the two extending arms 3, 4 represents wheels journaled in said frames at 5. 6 represents a cross-bar secured across'the rear end of said frame 1. 7 represents slots in eitherend of said cross-bar.

8 represents a brace, to which is secured the handle 9. 10 represents a thumb-screw for adjustably securing one endof said brace 8 to theframe 1 through the medium of the bracket 11, having the slot 12.

13 represents braces secured to the crosspiece 6, to which is secured one end of the brace 8.

14 represents a downwardly-extending arm secured to the frame 1 at 1B, which passes between the arms 3. Said arm 14 is provided with the head on the lower end 15 to prevent the arms 3 from slipping off the end of said arm 14.

16 represents a reel which is sleeved on the post 18, which is secured to the support 17.

the slot 22.

19 represents the long strip'of narrow paper, in which seeds are placed at desired intervals, as covered by Patent No. 647,448.

2O represents the plow and furrow-opener vor blade, which is provided with the arm 21,

having the slot 22. Said arm 21 is vertically adjustably secured to the bracket 11 by the bolt 23 passing through said slot 22 and the hole 23a in said bracket 11. 24 represents an opening lengthwise throughsaid plow and furrow-opener or blade 20, through which said strip of paper with seeds placed therein passes.

25 represents the plow-blade, extending somewhat below the point where the paper leaves said furrow-opener or blade.

26 represents a hinge which is secured at 27 to the forward under portion of said frame 1. 28 represents said hinge provided with two arms, to which is secured the forward end of the frame 2.

f '29 represents holes in the ends of the frame 1, in which isplaced a marker for marking the ground.

This seed-planter is operated in the following manner: A reel of paper containing seeds, as described in Patent No. 647,448, is placed on the post 18. One end ofsaid strip of paper is passed through the hole 24 in the plow and f arrow-opener or blade 20. Said blade can be .adjusted to deposit the seeds to any desired depth by loosening the bolt 23 and raising or lowering the blade, the bolt sliding through The plow-blade 25 will cut the channel and the seed-strip will be fed and lie in the furrow, as shownin Fig. 2.' The frame 2 is secured at one end to the hinge 28 at 2G, which will allow the wheel 4 to rise or drop to ride on uneven ground, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. holds said frame 3fL in place to prevent lateral play. The frame 1 can be adjusted to a greater or less width by loosening the thumbscrew 10, which will allow the frame 1 at the forward end to slide' forward or backward, the thumb-screw passing through the slot 12, and as said frame is journaled at all connections 1a and 1B the two outer Wheels will be carried farther from the center wheel when said thumb-screw is drawn near the inner end of said slot 12, as shown in Figs. 1 and The post or arm 14 IOO 2, and said wheels are drawn closer together when said thumb-screw is slipped to the opposite end of said slot 12. When said frame l is being made longer or shorter, said journal connections lB will slide in the slots 7.

The furrow-opener or blade and reel may be used with a one-wheel planter or a planter of different general construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In the herein-described seed-planter, a plow and furrow-opener or blade combined, vertically secured adjustably to the planterframe, said blade having a hole lengthwise through the lower end, a reel for carrying a long strip of paper with seeds placed therein, and sleeved on a post secured to said planterframe, said long strip of paper with seeds ELIJAII F. ISRAEL.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. ISRAEL, FRED. BURGESSER. 

